The Public Defender of Georgia has issued a report on the visit carried out by the Special Preventive Group to the penitentiary facility No 7. After detecting significant violations during the visit t ...

The Public Defender of Georgia has addressed Minister of Corrections and Probation Kakha Kakhishvili with a recommendation on ensuring the prisoners’ right to use stores in penitentiary institut ...

Representatives of the Public Defender's Office of Georgia paid a training visit to the Ombudsman's Office of Serbia on July 21-24. The visit was attended by Deputy Public Defender Natia Katsitadze, H ...

On June 26, 2015, in connection with International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, the Public Defender of Georgia held presentation of the Annual Report of the National Preventive Mechanism. At ...

The National Preventive Mechanism has published its first ever quarterly bulletin. The publication of the bulletin aims at raising public awareness on activities of the National Preventive Mechanism, ...

On May 7-9, 2015, the National Preventive Mechanism of Georgia conducted a repeated control visit to the Penitentiary Establishment N3. The monitoring revealed significant problems related to legal ri ...

On May 1, 2015, the Parliament of Georgia approved “the Code of Imprisonment” and substantial package of related draft laws with the third hearing which gives the Public Defender and the m ...

On January 30, 2015, the Public Defender held a public debate on the topic: “Ill-treatment in penitentiary establishments – how adequate is the state response?” The debate was modera ...

On January 27, 2015, the Public Defender of Georgia addressed the Chief Prosecutor of Georgia with a proposal to immediately start and conduct an investigation on the basis information provided by con ...

The National Preventive Mechanism of the Public Defender calls on the Ministry of Corrections of Georgia, as well as the Ministry of Labour, Health and Social Affairs to institute all necessary measur ...

As a result of a monitoring conducted in the penitentiary establishments N8, the National Preventive Mechanism determined that there is not favourable situation in the establishment with respect to pr ...

In recent days, incorrect information has been disseminated with regards to functions of members of the National Preventive Mechanism through media sources and social media. According to some experts ...